Size matters: Macroalgal height influences the feeding response of coral reef herbivores

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 411, Issue , 2010, Pages 299-302

  Hoey, A S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal succession; Herbivory; Resilience; Sargassum spp.

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HEIGHT; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MACROALGA; SEAWEED; SUCCESSION; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; KYPHOSUS VAIGIENSIS; NASO UNICORNIS; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM POLYCYSTUM;

EID: 77955872494     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08660     Document Type: Article

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